April 7, 2024 - Stood up for 2 weeks. Decanted off fine sediment, which want much. Now 2 h after decant. Aromas of red and black cherries, bark, baking spices, and some sous bois. Medium body with excellent acids. Faint tannins. Nice finish of fresh and dried cherries, bark, sous bois and a hint forest floor. Complex and taking on ages characteristics. In a great spot now. This is lovely.
June 19, 2023 - Almost tawny in the glass, aromas of Chinese 5 spice, salted plum, rose, dried red fruits and amaro, really complex and expressive, jumps out of the glass. Mouth follows, medium body, med+ acid, medium- tannins, well resolved. Finishes with a sweet, zippy mineral streak of acid. Really compelling stuff. Eyrie has a way with making these wines that just lay like a sheet of linen on your tongue, approachable now, or in 15+ years- no sharp angles, not heavy, not too light, alcohol in balance. Just what the doc ordered.
May 13, 2023 - Delightful
April 7, 2023 - The earthy quality of this wine is pairing well with the beef and lentils stew we are having tonight.
April 1, 2023 - Earthy, mineral forward with hints from the fruit. Very good. I purchased a couple extra to enjoy this year.
February 22, 2023 - Enjoyed for Eyrie Day 2023!
March 31, 2022 - Beautiful perfumed aroma, elegant balanced flavor, long savory finish, low alcohol. Fine and delicious, a beautiful representation of Dundee AVA Pinot in a cool vintage. It’s ready to drink now….I wish I had 12 more bottles.
September 4, 2021 - Had this last night. It was a beautiful, elegant, classy wine firing on all cylinders almost from the beginning. Translucent ruby in colour, it has a glorious nose of sandalwood, cherries, mushrooms, cinnamon and earthy notes. The medium bodied yet intensely flavoured wine showed similar notes on the palate and had a lovely, velvety texture with just the right amount of light tannins at the end to give it structure; it was beautifully balanced as well, and I liked the balance between the fruit and savory notes. It seemed to be in its secondary phase, I think this will improve over the short to medium term, but it was sure was spot on last night (A).
June 2, 2020 - Last bottle from several purchased around 2012; the nose here is explosive and ripe with black cherry, black raspberry, hints of cola, loads of baking spice, and just a hint of some leaf litter. The palate is ripe, but very well balanced, super silky with good acidity and a lovely finish. This really still seemed fairly primary to me and in proper storage this can easily go another decade.
May 6, 2020 - Much better than previous bottles... I had given up hope on these, I guess I just needed to wait a little longer. Darker color than the 2011 I opened the night before, but still translucent. Darker berries, but no over-ripe flavors. Sourness of the acid in previous bottles has disappeared. More funk and earthy flavors have emerged, which were in great balance with the fruit. However, this did fall apart on night 2 - fruit faded replaced by a bit of a metallic taste. Delicious, but time to drink up.